College faculty participating in Oct. 30 IBM University Day at RTP
October 17, 2007 - Lynda Aiman-Smith and Mitzi Montoya, College of Management faculty, are among the speakers lined up for this fall's IBM Day at IBM's campus in the Research Triangle Park. More than a dozen presenters are on the agenda for the event which will be held Tuesday, Oct. 30, 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., in RTP at the IBM Employee Activity and Fitness Center (EAFC).
Aiman-Smith, associate professor in the college's Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Montoya, Zelnak Professor of Innovation Marketing in the college's business management department and executive director of the new college's new Services and Product Innovation Management Initiative (SPI), will give a update on the college's services-related research activities.
Yannis Viniotis, one of the college's Services Science, Management and Engineering partners at NC State's College of Engineering, is also presenting.
Registration and the poster set-up begins at 8 a.m. Following is the day's agenda. To register, please contact Al Rindos at IBM.
October 30, IBM EAFC, main hall
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. - Arrival and registration
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. - Opening remarks/announcements by Sue Horn, vice president, IBM SWG senior site executive
Awards ceremony - Rod Adkins, Sue Horn, Doug Balog
8:45 - 9:30 a.m. - Rod Adkins, senior vice president, strategic development & manufacturing
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. - Freeman Hrabowski, president, UMBC
10:00 - 10:15 a.m. - Break, poster sessions
10:15 - 10:45 a.m. - "Cell & IBM Servers and Technologies Research Opportunities," Hina Shah, Cell BE University Programs Director (IBM)
10:45 - 11:15 a.m. - "The UMBC Multi-core Computational Center,"Milt Halem, et al. (UMBC)
11:15 - 11:30 a.m., "The zSeries Educational Roundtable", Yannis Viniotis (NC State)
11:30 a.m. - noon "The Friday Institute", Glenn Kleiman (Director, Friday Institute)
noon - 1:00 p.m. - Lunch, poster sessions
1:00 - 1:15 PM - "Services Research; Platforms and Participation with NC State," Lynda Aiman-Smith, Mitzi Montoya (NC State)
1:15 - 1:30 p.m. - "The WebSphere Technology Institute (WSTI)", Bart Vashaw (IBM)
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. - "The Virtual Computing Lab at NC State & the Technology Transfer Program," Cameron Seay (NCCU)
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. - "The Virtual Computing Lab at Duke," Nevin Fouts, et al (Duke)
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. - "An Overview of the UNCC Software & IS Dept.," Bill Chu (UNCC)
3:00 - 3:15 PM - Break, poster sessions
3:15 - 3:45 PM - "Project Zero," Don Boulia, Dan Griffin (IBM)
3:45 - 4:15 PM - "Innov8: A Business Process Management (BPM) Simulator for Use in Education," Dave Daniel (IBM)
4:15 - 5:30 p.m. - UNCP Overview
October 30, 2007 IBM University Day
IBM K-12 Day
12:00 - 12:15 p.m. - Opening: Kay Moore, Dean, NC State College of Education
12:15 - 1:00 p.m. - "IBM CCCA Opportunities for K-12," Tina Wilson, Anne C McNeill (IBM CCCA)
1:00 - 2:00 PM - "An Overview of NC State Friday Institute K-12 Outreach Projects,"Phil Emer, Sammie Carter, Brian Bouterse
2:00 - 2:30 p.m. - "WinstonNet," Jay Dominick (WFU CIO)
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. - The Alice Programming Language for K-12 Outreach," Susan Rodger (Duke)
3:00 - 3:15 p.m. - Break, poster sessions
3:15 - 3:45 p.m. - "Duke K-12 Outreach Activities," Richard Lucic (Duke)
3:45 - 4:15 p.m. - "UNC-CH Outreach Programs," Diane Pozefsky (UNC)
4:15-4:45 p.m. - "Barriers to Female High School Students' Choice of Information Technology as a Career," Donna Grant (NCCU)
4:45 - 5:30 p.m. - K-12 Roundtable Discussion
Location:
IBM Employee Activity and Fitness Center
Building 400 Cornwallis Drive,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
DIRECTIONS
Directions when approaching RTP traveling east on I40 (from the Greensboro direction):
Take Davis Drive exit #280.
Turn right at the top of the exit ramp.
Go straight through two lights (the second light is the intersection between Cornwallis Road and Davis Drive).
Almost immediately past the second light, take an immediate right into the IBM Employee Activity and Fitness Center.
(If you get to the guard gate, you missed the turn-in.)
Park in the lower lot.
Registration and the conference rooms are in the main building.
Directions when approaching RTP traveling west on I40 (from the RDU airport):
Take Davis Drive exit #280.
Turn right at the top of the exit ramp onto Davis Drive.
Go through the stoplight at Cornwallis Road.
Almost immediately after passing through the Cornwallis Road and Davis Drive intersection, take an immediate right into the IBM Employee Activity and Fitness Center.
(If you get to the guard gate, you missed the turn-in.)
Park in the lower lot.
Registration and the conference rooms are in the main building.
Directions when approaching RTP from the Durham Freeway (Highway 147):
Take the Cornwallis Road Exit (exit number 6).
Turn left onto Cornwallis Road.
Turn left onto Davis Drive (the second stoplight).
Take an immediate right into the IBM Employee Activity and Fitness Center.
(If you get to the guard gate, you missed the turn-in.)
Park in the lower lot.
Registration and the conference rooms are in the main building.